He spoke of Swen Brodie and old Loony Honeycutt and Gus Ingle all in one breath, and King knew that Gus Ingle was sixty years dead; he dwelt hectically on the "luck of the unlucky Seven."
"The Everlasting Whisper"
Jackson Gregory
She was even handsomer than ever; but her blue eyes were too bright and lustrous, and the color of her cheeks was hectically brilliant; besides, she was very thin; the hands that held her hymn-book were almost transparent in their delicacy.
"Anne Of The Island"
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Eyes that met when commands were given and received were dull from want of sleep or hectically bright as a hypochondriac's.
"The Last Shot"
Frederick Palmer